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REMOTE SENSING
卷 13, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs13050941
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gas flaring nighttime observations; Bayesian machine learning; Gaussian process; distribution approximation; nearest neighbor search; decision and policy making
By analyzing and processing flaring data with machine learning techniques, insights into flaring trends and characteristics, as well as estimating the distributions of flaring count and volume, can be obtained. This is crucial for decision-making and policy formulation.
In today's oil industry, companies frequently flare the produced natural gas from oil wells. The flaring activities are extensive in some regions including North Dakota. Besides company-reported data, which are compiled by the North Dakota Industrial Commission, flaring statistics such as count and volume can be estimated via Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite nighttime observations. Following data gathering and preprocessing, Bayesian machine learning implemented with Markov chain Monte Carlo methods is performed to tackle two tasks: flaring time series analysis and distribution approximation. They help further understanding of the flaring profiles and reporting qualities, which are important for decision/policy making. First, although fraught with measurement and estimation errors, the time series provide insights into flaring approaches and characteristics. Gaussian processes are successful in inferring the latent flaring trends. Second, distribution approximation is achieved by unsupervised learning. The negative binomial and Gaussian mixture models are utilized to describe the distributions of field flare count and volume, respectively. Finally, a nearest-neighbor-based approach for company level flared volume allocation is developed. Potential discrepancies are spotted between the company reported and the remotely sensed flaring profiles.
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